Marriages (April 5)

Teeter - Mitchell
June 27, 1906

One of the most beautiful of the season's weddings occurred last evening at "Berri Pomeroy," the home of Mrs. Benjamin Bentley Mitchell, when her daughter, Nannie Brown, was united in marriage to Mr. Ernest LeVerne Teeter.  The large house was filled with the relatives and friends of the bride and groom, numbering about one hundred and fifty, who were received in the sitting room by Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Robert E. VanSyckel, Mrs. John Demorest, of Binghamton, Mrs. Sarah Corbin of Corning, and Mrs. Boran of Dallas, Texas.  The windows of this room were draped with ground pine and the mantle banked with carnations and ferns.  The railings of the stairs were also wound with ground pine.  The large parlor, where the wedding ceremony was to take place, was a bower of beauty, the walls being festooned with ground pine, and the mantle banked with laurel blossoms and ferns.  The bay window, where the bridal party were to stand, had been converted into a veritable bower.  A solid bank of laurel greens and ferns reached half way from the floor to the ceiling, forming a background for the large clusters of laurel blossoms.  Over head was a canopy of ground pine, festoons of which fell to meet the laurel bank.  A white pale dieu wound with ground pine occupied the center of the bay window, and leading up to it was an aisle, formed of posts wound with laurel green, each one being topped by a torch of pink laurel, tied with broad pale blue ribbons.  On either side of this aisle were grouped the relatives and intimate friends of the bride and groom.  At eight o'clock the strains of Lohengrin's Wedding March sounded from the Elmira orchestra in the vestibule and the bridal party came down the hall and entered the parlors.  They were preceded by Rev. Edward P. Morse, pastor of the First Presbyterian church.  Following him came Madeline and Robert Van Syckel, the little niece and nephew of the bride.  Madeline, who carried the ring on a silver tray, wearing a white dress and blue ribbons, with a wreath of white sweet peas in her hair and Robert clad in a white suit.  Then came the two bride's maids, Miss Eloise Mitchell, sister of the bride, in a light blue silk princess gown with white lace berth and in her hair a wreath of for-get-me-nots, and Miss Henrietta D. Pomeroy, cousin of the bride, in a white embroidered batiste.  They both carried large bunches of maiden hair ferns.  the matron of honor, Mrs. John W. Phillips, a six month's bride  herself, followed wearing her wedding gown of white chiffon satin, made shirred princess with venetian lace bertha, and carrying a large bouquet of pink lilies of the valley.  The bride then entered, leaning on the arm of the groom.  She was lovely in a beautiful duchess lace gown over chiffon and silk, made en train.  her long tulle veil was fastened in her hair with orange blossoms, and as an ornament she wore a diamond and pearl brooch, the gift of the groom.  She carried a shower bouquet of white sweet peas. The ceremony which made them husband and wife, was the one form the new Presbyterian book of service.  At the conclusion of the prayer, Miss Eloise Mitchell sang "O, Perfect Love."  After receiving congratulations at the completion of the ceremony, the bridal party repaired to the dining room the walls of which were hung with ground pine, the mantle banked with white carnations and ferns.  The decorations of the bride's table were blue and white.  In the center was a large cut glass candelabra with blue and silver shades and between the branches were small crystal vases filled with white roses.  At either end was a flat piece of forget-me-nots.  The place cards were in shape of roses.  At this table, besides the bride and groom were Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Van Syckel, Dr. and Mrs. John W. Phillips, Miss Eloise Mitchell, Miss Henrietta Pomeroy, Miss Jeannette Robinson, Mr. Herbert Holcombe, Mr. B.B. Mitchell, Mr. Ewell Boran, Dallas, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Knapp, Elmira.  In this room at small tables were also seated Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Teeter, Mrs. Edward Van Dyne, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Towanda; Mrs. Boran, Dallas, Texas; Mrs. George O. Holcombe, Mrs. Aspinwall, Mrs. F. Maxwell Long and Rev. Edward P. Morse.  The place cards at these tables were decorated in forget-me-nots.  The other relatives and near friends of the bride and groom were served in the parlor.  After the supper, which was served by St. Paul's Guild, the bride passed the cake which contained the ring, thimble, coin and button.  The ring was cut by Miss Florence Rolison, the coin by Elizabeth Van Dyne, the button, Miss Pomeroy; the thimble, Miss Ethel Hovey. Dainty white boxes with the initials "M" and "T" in gilt and tied with narrow blue ribbon were passed to all of the guests. When the bride went up stairs to don her traveling suit she threw her bouquet which was caught by Miss Pomeroy.  As her going away costume, the bride wore a brown chiffon broadcloth Etou suit with trimmings of lace to match and a vest of Persian silk.  Her hat was fine white straw with white wings, facings of black tulle and pink roses across the back.  Amid a shower of rice and confetti, Mr. and Mrs. Teeter left on the midnight train.  The presents which the couple received were too numerous and beautiful to mention, among them being a quaint and beautiful shoulder scarf which had belonged to the bride's great grandmother.  The handsome gowns worn by the ladies added color and variety to the scene.  Mrs. Mitchell was gowned in white crepe de chine with point lace; Mrs. Charles Teeter, the mother of the groom, wore steel grey silk trimmed with white embroidered chiffon.  The bride and groom are such well known young people that little need to be said about them  here.  The bride, a life-long resident of this place, is a daughter of the late Cap. B.B. Mitchell, and a grand daughter of Samuel W. Pomeroy.  She is a thoroughly charming and much loved girl and carries with her the best wishes of a host of friends. The groom is the son of Charles Teeter, and has for a number of years been one of Troy's energetic and trustworthy business men.

Robinson - Mitchell
September 5, 1906

A most beautiful wedding was solemnized last night at 8 o'clock at the First Presbyterian church, when Jennie, the youngest daughter of Major and Mrs. James C. Robinson, became the bride of Bnjamin Bentley Mitchell.  During the assembling of the large number of relatives and friends, a fine program was rendered on the organ by Miss Charlotte Paine.  The church had been beautifully decorated for the occasion.  Over the left aisle, down which the bridal party were to enter, was an arch of wild clematis, the block of seats which the house guests were to occupy being separated from the others by posts wound with clematis to which were attached the broad white satin ribbons later to be drawn over the ends of these pews.  In the center of the pulpit were two posts of goldenrod and hydrangeas and around the edge a bank of the same blossoms.  In the back, at either side, were screens of the goldenrod and hydrangeas and from the organ pipes were festoons of wild clematis.  When the first chords of Lohengrin's Bridal Chorus were sounded, the groom, attended by his best man, Mr. Ralph Burr, and the pastor of the church, Rev. Edward P. Morse, entered from the door at the left of the pulpit.  Down the left aisle came the bridal party headed by the ushers, Mr. Herbert D. Holcombe, Mr. Percy King, Mr. Frederick E. Van Dyne, and Mr. James Baldwin of Wellsburg, N.Y.  They were followed by the flower girl, little Winifred Pomeroy, a cousin of the groom, dressed in a white empire gown and carrying a bunch of maidenhair ferns, and the ring bearer, Robinson Pierce, a nephew of the bride, in a white suit, and bearing the ring on a silver tray.  Next came the bridesmaids, Miss Eloise Mitchell, sister of the groom and Miss Ethel Hovey, in white net gowns, and Miss Rebecca Blackwell of Towanda, and Miss Jeannette Kenyon, in gowns of pale green point d'esprit.  They all carried bunches of maidenhair fern tied with streamers of white mull, and wore bunches of the green in their hair.  They were followed by the maid of honor, Miss Ruth M. Peck, in a gown of white point d'esprit with trimmings of shirred white ribbon and carrying a large bouquet of yellow roses.  The bride then entered, leaning on the arm of her father, who gave her away.  She was gowned in white chiffon cloth over white silk, with yoke of Duchess lace, made princesse, on train.  Her tulle veil was fastened in her hair by a wreath of orange blossoms, and she carried a bouquet of white roses.  At her throat she wore a handsome brooch, the center of sapphires, surrounded by pearls and diamonds, the gift of the groom.  At the conclusion of the impressive ring ceremony, which made them husband and wife, Miss Mitchell sang "O, Perfect Love."  After the benediction, the party left the church by the right aisle, to the strains of Mendelsshon's Wedding March.  About eight guests were in attendance at the reception at the house immediately after the ceremony.  The bride and groom received their congratulations in the reception hall, the bay window where they stood being banked with hydrangeas and goldenrod, while over their heads was suspended a wedding bell of hydrangeas, inside of which glistened an incandescent light.  The stairway was wound in wild clematis and hydrangeas and the walls of the parlor festooned with ground pine.  The bride's table, which was laid in the dining room, was lighted with green candles in silver candelabra and in the center was a large bunch of yellow roses.  The walls of this room were also festooned with ground pine, the sideboard being banked with hydrangeas.  The supper was served by St. Paul's Guild, the guests being served at small tables in the house and in a large tent erected on the lawn.  The place cards had on them wedding bells in gold and the little white boxes containing the bride's cake which were passed ot the guests, were tied with white ribbon and had on them the letters "R.M." in yellow. When the cake was cut, the ring fell to Miss Jeannette Kenyon, the thimble to Miss Henrietta Pomeroy and the coin to Miss Mitchell. The orchestra stationed on the porch, played during the entire evening.  Before the bride went up stairs to don her traveling costume, her girl friends gathered in the parlor and formed a ring around her.  She was then blindfolded, whirled around several tiems and then handed her bouquet to one of the girls, Miss Jeannette Kenyon again being the recipient of the token of the next bride. The bride's gift to her maids were barpins set with small pearls, and the groom gave his ushers stick pins of Roman gold, each set with a baroque pearl.  The bride's going away gown was a brown chiffon doeskin suit with which she wore a brown and white felt hat.  Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell left in the groom's automobile for Elmira, from which place their journey was continued by train to Saranac Lake.   The gifts bestowed upon this popular and prominent young couple were many and beautiful, two personal gifts to the bride being a cheque from her father and a tiny watch of Roman gold with a chain set with amethysts from the groom's mother.  The bride is a most attractive young woman, who, since her coming to this place three years ago, has made many friends.  The groom, the only son of the late Hon. B.B. Mitchell is a lifelong resident of the town, is one of our younger business men and has always held the respect and freidnship of all who know him.